Cookie ideas using leftover Halloween candy?

[bas71873]

Anyone have any cookie or candy ideas they'd care to share using leftover Halloween candy? I have 2 bags of snack size Hershey bars and 1 bag of Reese cups. Wondering if I can do something creative with them.

I made some really good cookies last year using pillsbury sugar cookie rolls with a snicker in the middle. Wondering if I could do the same with the peanut butter cookie dough.

Any other ideas?

 

[lovemygoofy]

I'm making candy sugar cookies this weekend with leftover hershey bars. I cut up the snack size bars and put then in between two slice of sugar cookie and pinch together.

You could top peanut butter cookies with the peanut butter cups.

I have ALOT of candy left so I'm making the cookies and a candy bar cake or maybe candy bar cupcakes to give away later.

I'm thinking about making a candy wreath with some of the candy but not sure if candy bought now would be good at Christmas or Thanksgiving.

 

[bas71873]

I'm making candy sugar cookies this weekend with leftover hershey bars. I cut up the snack size bars and put then in between two slice of sugar cookie and pinch together.

These are what I made last year, but with snicker cookies and then I brushed the tops with egg whites and sprinkles chopped almonds on top. They were SOOOOO good and they froze well. I had them all baked and just pulled them out. I may try w/hershey bars too to get rid of them.

You could top peanut butter cookies with the peanut butter cups.

Wonder if I could do the same as above but w/peanut butter dough? I have the large Reeses so I would have to cut them in quarters???

I have ALOT of candy left so I'm making the cookies and a candy bar cake or maybe candy bar cupcakes to give away later.

What is a candy bar cake and cupcakes? Do share please!!!

I'm thinking about making a candy wreath with some of the candy but not sure if candy bought now would be good at Christmas or Thanksgiving.

Thanks!

 

[lovemygoofy]

I've made a candy bar cake several ways. It depends on how much "goodness" you want

This time I'll use yellow cake mix. I'll bake it about half way then pull it out and poke holes using my butter knife handle. I fill up the holes with crushed candy bars and carmel sauce alternating. I frost with homemade whip cream.

Another time I use whatever cake mix and cover the bottom of the cupcake pan and then put in a candy bar and then cover with cake batter.

I've also seen Paula Deen make mini cheesecakes with a peanut butter cup in each one.

Another way for a cake is to mix the crushed candy bars into the batter and then top the cake with icing and more crushed candy.

We made ice cream sundaes lastnight with candy. Almost like our own homemade blizzards.

 

[golfgal]

Why spoil a good candy bar by baking it in the oven--just it it straight

You could probably use the Hershey bars to make the peanut butter blossoms that you make with Hershey kisses.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I would make the Pampered Chef S'More's bars with the Hersheys:

S’Mores Galore from the Delightful Desserts Pampered Chef Cookbook

10 whole honey graham crackers — (about 5 x 2″), divided
6 bars milk chocolate — (1.55 ounces each), coarsely
chopped
1 package mini marshmallows — (16 ounces), divided
6 tablespoons butter or margarine — divided
3 tablespoons milk

Preheat oven to 350º.

Arrange a single layer of graham crackers to completely cover bottom of bar
pan, breaking crackers to fit. Toast in oven 2 minutes. Remove pan to
cooling rack.

Coarsely break remaining graham crackers into large bowl. Set aside.

Combine 3 cups of marshmallows, 3 tablespoons of the butter, and milk;
microwave on high 1 minute. Stir until smooth. Add half of the chopped
chocolate. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.Spread marshmallow mixture evenly over graham crackers in pan.

Melt remaining 3 tablespoons of butter. Toss with remaining graham crackers.

Add remaining marshmallows and chopped chocolate. Toss lightly.

Spoon mixture evenly in pan.Bake 8-10 minutes or until marshmallows are lightly browned. Cool 15 minutes. Cut into bars.

Serve warm or cool

and another Pampered Chef recipe, Penutbutter Brownie Pizza, with the peanutbutter cups:
Peanutty Brownie Pizza Recipe
1 pkg (19-21 oz) fudge brownie mix (plus ingredients to make brownies)
1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1/4 c. creamy peanut butter
2 pkg (1.6 oz each) peanut butter cup candy, chopped
1/4 c. peanuts, chopped
2 bananas, sliced
2 Tbl (1 oz) semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 tsp vegetable oil

1.) Preheat oven to 375°F. Cut a circle of Parchment Paper to fit Large Round Stone; place on Baking stone. Prepare brownie mix according to package directions in Classic Batter Bowl. Pour brownie batter onto parchment, spreading evenly into a 13" circle. Bake 15-18 minutes or until brownie is set. (Do not overbake.) Cool completely.

2.) Mix cream cheese, brown sugar and peanut butter until smooth. Using Large Spreader, spread cream cheese mixture over brownie to within 1/2" of edge.

3.) Chop candy and peanuts using Food Chopper; sprinkle over cream cheese mixture. Arrange bananas aver brownie.

4.) Microwave chocolate with oil, uncovered, on HIGH 1 1/2 minutes or until chocolate is melted, stirring after 1 minute. Drizzle over pizza. Cut into squares with Pizza Cutter. Serve using Mini-Serving Spatula.

From The Pampered Chef's Delightful Desserts cookbook

 

[bas71873]

Why spoil a good candy bar by baking it in the oven--just it it straight .

Because when I say I have a ton of leftovers, I mean a ton. Enough to eat (which I've been doing all weekend) and bake

 

[bas71873]

THANKS to you all. I'm trying some of these. That s'more thing has me drooling!

 

[kimmar067]

...instead of chocolate chip cookies, break up the Hershey bars and make chocolate CHUNK cookies...

 

[kimmar067]

...actually, I'm a 'purist', so I eat the candy 'RAW' - right outta the wrapper....

 

[NHdisneylover]

THANKS to you all. I'm trying some of these. That s'more thing has me drooling!

I absolutely adore that recipe. We cannot get graham crackers here and it is one of the things I miss the most.

 

[Bren's Mom]

Do you have mini reese's pb cups or regular sized ones? If it's the minis you can do this recipe:

Chocolate chip peanut butter cup bites

One package of refrigerated cookies, 24 'squares' in the package
48 mini pb cups

Cut each cookie dough square into 2 pieces. Spray mini cupcake tins with nonstick spray. Place one 1/2 cookie square into each well. Bake for aobut 8 minutes at the temp specifed on the package. As soon as you remove the cookies from the oven push an unwrapped pb kiss into the middle. Let cool in the fridge or freezer until the chocolate is firm. Pop out of pan.

I've only done this with the mini but it *might* work with a 1/4 of a regular sized pb cup...worth a try!

 

[Silent1CB]

I'm laughing at the thought of adding more sugar, fat & calories to the already fat, sugary candy bars, but you might have some good ideas I could use for Christmas cookies. TO GIVE AWAY!

 

[dawson5]

are they the small peanut butter cups? We make peanut butter cookies and cut the reese in half and place on top while still warm. The peanut butter cookies are not your regular type, they are more moist and softer, baked in a ball shape and rolled in sugar before cooking. They crack on the sides when baked. Got the recipe out of a magazine years ago and their idea was to put them more toward the bottom of the cookie/ball and then after cooling decorate to make it look like a basket. I think it was an Easter issue. Hubby lives for these cookies, he's a peanut butter & chocolate fanatic.

 

[Mom23Disneybelievers]

I unwrap the candy bars (all mixed types) and put them in a freezer bag....and pop them in the freezer.
Once frozen, I smash them with my rolling pin. I then add them to sugar cookie dough or a traditional chocolate chip cookie dough (minus the choc. chips).

They are SOOOOO good. The best of both worlds..cookies and candy!

 

[dis-happy]

We hold on to the leftover candy and use it for decorating gingerbread houses.

 

[mill4023]

We have 5 kids.
What is this "leftover candy" thing that you speak of?

 

[bas71873]

I'm laughing at the thought of adding more sugar, fat & calories to the already fat, sugary candy bars, but you might have some good ideas I could use for Christmas cookies. TO GIVE AWAY!

That's EXACTLY why I asked. I do a lot of baking gifts and I'm also having the WHOLE fam at my house this year for Cmas, so these will be desserts too

 

[MomofKatie]

We have 5 kids.
What is this "leftover candy" thing that you speak of?

That's what I was going to ask- leftover candy?? Who has that??

 

[pixiewings71]

We have 5 kids.
What is this "leftover candy" thing that you speak of?

Exactly...and I only have 2 kids at home! LOL

OP we make peanut butter cookies with mini peanut butter cups in the middle, just roll the pb cookie dough into balls, roll in sugar, bake, when they are done press a mini pb cup in the middle...you could do the same thing with choc chip or sugar but our faves are the pb cookies. Actually I imagine you could adapt any sugar cookie recipe, just add the candy you are thinking of adding to the batter and bake it up......